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Isleworth sent half-a-dozen small plants of his fine strain, under name. 

 Mr Wiggins was first with some very good plants of Cyclamen Persi- 

 cum, having varicoloured and large heads of bloom, hut getting past 

 their best. Mr James was second, and Mr George Fairbairn third. 

 It was noticeable that all the Cyclamens came from Isleworth, Avhich 

 place is just now the home of the fine kinds of recent introduction. 

 Some Cinerarias were produced, the plants being of medium size and 

 w^ell bloomed. ^lessrs Dobson & Son were first with Conqueror, Lord 

 Elgin, Snowflake, Perfection, Candidate, and Lady Eeodora Grosvenor. 

 The flowers were small, but the foregoing constituted a very good 

 assortment. IMr James Avas second, having Agrippa and Uncle Toby, 

 and some of the foregoing. 



The display of show Auriculas was by no means extensive or good. 

 Mr Turner was first with a collection of nine kinds, consisting of 

 Lovely Ann, Trafalgar, and General Neill, green edged ; Colonel 

 Champneys (Turner), Bright Phoebus, Competitor, Sophia, and L^nion, 

 grey edged ; and Countess of Dunmore, white edged. 'No second 

 prize was awarded, but Mr James was placed third with some poor 

 plants. In the class for nine Auriculas, selfs and fancies, Mr Turner 

 w^as again first with Midnight, Prince Alfred, Eliza, and Metropolitan, 

 self flowers, and the following fancy or Alpine kinds : Jessie, George, 

 Lightbody, Tenniel, Millais, and ISTeatness; all representing the im- 

 provement Mr Turner has made within the last few years in this 

 fine class of flowers, that in point of attractiveness completely dis- 

 tance the shoAV kinds. Mr James was second with the following 

 self flowers : Mr Sturrock, Meteor Flag, Royal Purple, Mrs Smitli, 

 and jS'egro ; and the following Alpines, Conspicua, Dazzle, Mabel, 

 and Landseer. 



Mr Thomas Ware, of Tottenham, contributed a select and very 

 interesting collection of spring-flowering plants, among them a basket 

 of Trillium grandiflorum, with its large and showy snow-white 

 blossoms. 



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The annual spring exhibition of the above Society took place in the Music Hall, 

 George Street, Edinburgh, on the 31st March. The morning of the day was 

 frosty, and though a number of plants suffered injury on their way to the exhi- 

 bition from this cause, the show was one of the best the Society ever had, both 

 as regards the subjects exhibited and the attendance of visitors. Rhododendrons 

 were exhibited in greater numbers and in far finer condition than we ever saw 

 them in Scotland before. Forced Roses were also far above the average of pre- 

 vious years. Azaleas were well bloomed, but their training was far too formal ; 



